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Ornamental Mask

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureMoche
Titles
  • Ornamental Mask
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold alloy, shell
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/2 × 4 1/4 × 2 in. (11.4 × 10.8 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.439
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
212M Jones Galleries
Exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1972 [Glassell Album #8, slide dated "FEB 72"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.439
Published References Lapiner, Pre-Columbian Art of South America (1976) fig. 383

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Gold or gold alloy
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600–1600 AD
Gold-copper alloy (tumbaga)
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front of objects
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c. 300
Gold or gold alloy
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Circular Ornament (one of thirteen)
Unknown Central and South American
Circular Ornament (one of thirteen)
1–800
Gold or gold alloy
2002.4440.4
2002.4440.10
Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Plaque Ornaments (one of a group of thirteen)
1000 BC–1600 AD
Gold or gold alloy
2002.4440.10,.11
front of object
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100 BC–700 AD
Blue agate, spondylus, shell, purple mussel, shell, gold, resin
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front of object
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400 BC–400 AD
Gold
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front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Ornamental Plaques with Feline Faces
200 BC–800 AD
Gold
2010.833.1,.2
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Kneeling Warrior with Inlaid Eyes and "Fez" Headdress
100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus, shell, gold, resin
2010.975
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Tubular Ear Ornaments with Birds and Fish
1100–1450 AD
Gold, shell
2010.318.1,.2
Unknown Central and South American